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Can you imagine a situation where there is no advanced technology--no cellphones, no TV, no internet? What will you do without them? I am quiet sure that some people would be crazy. But there is also a different voice in the world, claiming that modern technology is totally unnecessary. They have their own reasons as follows.
Shakespeare didn't have Blackberry, and Aristotle was not with iPhone. But they both lived a good life. Christianism was spread across the world in an era in which there was no blog at all. When Jesus preached the sermon on the mount, he, in the same way, did not employ the public address system, let alone Powerpoint.
So comes the conclusion--the modern technology which we have owned is unnecessary for our happy life.
Shakespeare didn't have Blackberry, and Aristotle was not with iPhone. But they both lived a good life. Christianism was spread across the world in an era in which there was no blog at all. When Jesus preached the sermon on the mount, he, in the same way, did not employ the public address system, let alone Powerpoint.
So comes the conclusion--the modern technology which we have owned is unnecessary for our happy life.
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- Reply ly.identity
- However, as a generation living with modern technology, I don't think we can go back the previous life and still feel confortable.
- Reply maud
- I wouldn't mind going back before cell phones and computers. But I wouldn't want to go back so far to before we had the printing press. I can't afford hand-written books!
- Reply v87zhou
- Heh~~~~ , I'm sure if there are no modern technology, I will ba crazy soon. No TV... No PC...NO.....Cellphone, I can't imagine....It's terrible.
Shakespeare、Aristotle , who lived in the mental level. As for me, I can't get this level now.
- Reply Samaritan
- maud: I wouldn't mind going back before cell phones and computers. But I wouldn't want to go back so far to before we had the printing press. I can't affoYou are a books-lover.
- Reply Samaritan
- ly.identity: However, as a generation living with modern technology, I don't think we can go back the previous life and still feel confortable.It's impossible for us to go back to the ancient life unless doomsday comes.
- Reply Samaritan
- v87zhou: Heh~~~~ , I'm sure if there are no modern technology, I will ba crazy soon. No TV... No PC...NO.....Cellphone, I can't imagine....It's terrible.oh, try to reach that level that is human's lofty realm.
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- Reply crossroad
- I think it depends upon habit, i don't care whether cell phone exist or not, if i have never used it before.
- Reply Samaritan
- crossroad: I think it depends upon habit, i don't care whether cell phone exist or not, if i have never used it before.habit to use technology?
If there is no tech, you are also used to that situation.
- Reply crossroad
- Samaritan: habit to use technology?How do you think about clone? What will you do without it?
If there is no tech, you are also used to that situation.
- Reply sddzzqq
- i won't be crazy . but it must be hard for me at first . however if no other options , maybe i would get used to the life day after day. it is not hard for the one who live a life without modern tech to live a life without modern tech, but hard for who are soundded by modern tech!
- Reply Samaritan
- moli: Modern technology plays an important role in our life.yes, the role is obvious.
- Reply Samaritan
- sddzzqq: i won't be crazy . but it must be hard for me at first . however if no other options , maybe i would get used to the life day after day. it is not harTHe world is always developing. No one can stop the trend.
- Reply Samaritan
- crossroad: How do you think about clone? What will you do without it?I don't think I am sure that I will be in favor of clone.
- Reply minyingtao
- ly.identity: However, as a generation living with modern technology, I don't think we can go back the previous life and still feel confortable.I can't agree more
- Reply minyingtao
- maud: I wouldn't mind going back before cell phones and computers. But I wouldn't want to go back so far to before we had the printing press. I can't affo I think few people can do that
- Reply sedgehead
- I could handle it. In fact, I've done some of it. I lived without TV for ten years (1973 to 1987). I choose to live in a tent one summer (1986) for six months to get away from houses and technology. Bear in mind that I was born in 1952. I've lived several years with "running water" in the sense of "run and get it" because we had no faucets.
I would love to go to a rural village in China away from the cities and teach English. But that's another story.
English hints:
>>Do you imagine the situation where there is no advanced technology
We would start with "Can you imagine a situation . . . "
>>no cell phones, no TV, no internet.
Sounds like my childhood was like when TV was still new and only black and white. Cell phones and the internet did not exist. In fact, I lived 40 years without the internet! In the 1970s, the first hand held calculators came out. A cheap one costs $600 which would be about $2500 today, US money.
>>What will you do without them?
I'd figure it out.
>> When Jesus sermoned on the mountain,
Better: When Jesus preached the sermon on the mount,
>>he, in the same way, did not employ the public address system, let alone Powerpoint.
I recently attended a scientific meeting. One older professor gave a presentation without a computer or pictures. He just stood and talked. That's how we used to do it. I think people hide behind their powerpoint slides. The best presenters do not need powerpoint. But they are rare indeed.
Life without technology can be just as good as life with it. Perhaps it can be better. As I get older, I plan to abandon technology. It is actually a goal of mine. But first, I want to write several books and for that I plan to use computers!
- Reply minyingtao
- If I was born in ancient times, it'll be OK for me.
However I have enjoyed the modern technology, so it should be untolerable for me to lose it
- Reply Samaritan
- sedgehead: I could handle it. In fact, I've done some of it. I lived without TV for ten years (1973 to 1987). I choose to live in a tent one summer (1986) forThank you for your time. You are so nice.
BY the way, I found sometimes people use internet, and sometimes Internet, which one is correct?
